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Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’

Two dykes discuss Steven Soderbergh’s latest spy romance Black Bag, Cate Blanchett with dark hair, a new crush on Marisa Abela, the politics of spy movies, why Michael Fassbender shouldn’t get cast anymore, and the beauty of a 90 minute thriller.

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Mar 21, 2025
How Should We Deal with My Fiancé’s Trumpy Dad on Our Wedding Day?

You’ve both got dads, but only want one of them to be involved on your wedding day, but like, without drama. Also, a reader wonders about sharing their erotica too soon.

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Mar 14, 2025
Out the Movies: ‘Julia’ (1977) Wants Us To Do the Right Thing

A bisexual playwright, Nazi Germany, and two actresses who took a stand.

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Mar 13, 2025
Letter From the Editors: We Want To Hear From You

Autostraddle is in a unique position to deliver news with a clear point of view and eye toward collective justice and challenging the status quo.

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Mar 13, 2025

Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’

Two dykes discuss Steven Soderbergh’s latest spy romance Black Bag, Cate Blanchett with dark hair, a new crush on Marisa Abela, the politics of spy movies, why Michael Fassbender shouldn’t get cast anymore, and the beauty of a 90 minute thriller.

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How Should We Deal with My Fiancé’s Trumpy Dad on Our Wedding Day?

You’ve both got dads, but only want one of them to be involved on your wedding day, but like, without drama. Also, a reader wonders about sharing their erotica too soon.

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Out the Movies: ‘Julia’ (1977) Wants Us To Do the Right Thing

A bisexual playwright, Nazi Germany, and two actresses who took a stand.

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Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Fonda on a boat in yellow rain jackets in the movie Julia (1977) with a VHS tape that says Out the Movies

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Letter From the Editors: We Want To Hear From You

Autostraddle is in a unique position to deliver news with a clear point of view and eye toward collective justice and challenging the status quo.

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When this film came out in 1983, its story about a woman leaving her husband to be a lesbian felt fresher than it does today. (Although it wasn’t the first — A Woman Like Eve beat it by four years.) But I think modern audiences would be surprised to revisit this classic and discover how sharp and moving it remains.

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Living While Black, Queer and Sometimes Mistaken for Male

My white queer friends don't know why it's such a big deal for them to not do any of the stupid and obviously illegal things they tend to do if I'm the one behind the wheel.

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Top 10 Fun and Cool Things in 2015 In Which I, Brittani, Was Amazing

You might be saying, “Brittani! Why is that fun?” And to that I say, I am a gender non-conforming black lesbian. If I couldn’t find fun in being the underdog,…

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Tig is a story about losing love, family, and comedy and then finding them all again in places you never would’ve thought to look because Jesus Christ, you’d never want…

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Phoebe Robison is a “comic, writer, and connoisseur of all things brignorant.” (That’s a combination of brilliant and ignorant). Phoebe has appeared on Last Comic Standing, Broad City, Totally Biased…

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You Need Help: Can I Kill Queer Characters As A Queer Writer?

If queer creators are so worried about backlash from the community that we begin to self-censor, then the only interesting queer work will be made by straight people.

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Aug 3, 2021

You Need Help: Can I Kill Queer Characters As A Queer Writer?

If queer creators are so worried about backlash from the community that we begin to self-censor, then the only interesting queer work will be made by straight people.

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Made from recycled plastics and in a variety of fun colors, the Zinken headphones are making us want to go old school and plug back in. Zinken is a well-balanced headphone with loud and clear sound, making it the perfect tool in the DJ booth. Wired with a reversible TurnCable™ there is no need to worry about adaptors. The tough yet flexible on-ear construction feel comfy, no matter how long and rowdy your gig gets.

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